How to fix the Oracle error ORA-37176: argument string is not valid for the sparsity advisor?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-37176: argument string is not valid for the sparsity advisor with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-37176: argument string is not valid for the sparsity advisor

Reason for the Error ORA-37176: argument string is not valid for the sparsity advisor

An invalid argument was passed to the advisor

How to fix the Error ORA-37176: argument string is not valid for the sparsity advisor ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify a TABLE, VIEW or SELECT statement instead